I've been reading Neil Sheehan's "A Bright Shining Lie." I'm only about a third of the way through (it's pretty long), but it's quite good. It provides a lot of background to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam that I didn't know--like how Diem came to power, and how the U.S. experience in the...

A good one, but very minor adjustment! See, now I'm dying to know what bothers you about the word paradigm that is solved by paragon, but I really like the word paragon because it sits right next to paladin, octagon, and virtue in my mental birdcage. Part of it is that I think "paragon" f...

I don't know that this song needed changed lyrics, but the word "paradigm" bugs the crap out of me, so when I'm singing along I sing it "He's a paragon of carefree living."

The new album is growing on me.

Peter Fonda

Has anyone read or played Pathfinder 2nd ed? I’m curious how it is.

Deeply dreading the start of the school year—don’t want to be confronted with my own incompetence. And reminded of how much I’ve fucked up.

Bourbon *and* beer tonight; so that’s different. The rest is pretty much the same.

An external event prompted a flare up in the most pathetic part of my self hatred today. Yay bourbon!

We’re rewatching Breaking Bad. It’s fucking amazing.

I got nothing new.

Reel upon a repeating loop.

Still listening to this one, but a couple of Stanley Cup things. First, there’s a tradition where each player on the winning team gets the cup for one day—they can do whatever they want with it. There are some great stories about what’s happened to the Cup, including being found in a snowdrift on th...

Replying to Phoebe's drunk post from last night. I'm not drunk so I'll post here. First, I'm not drinking heavily by any means. I'm a lightweight now 'cause I don't drink much anymore in general, so my tolerance is low. Also, I interpret the word "drunk" in the post title loosely. So there...

Had the bad thoughts all day; bourbon isn’t helping.

Fuck me.

Real on a repeating loop

Drinking a toast to my friend on glioblastoma awareness day.

So I tried An experiment tonight: I started with some bourbon *after* the bad thoughts started.

Still too early to tell, but the results will likely not be promising.

Today is Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee. You know, the guy who slaughtered all the black soldiers at Fort Pillow because they were black, and helped start the KKK. The law that mandates this also sets aside other commemorative days, all but two of which (Lincoln, Veterans’ Day) honor either...

The best part is that I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist for almost 20 years! It’s working great!